Ron Collins

You've heard all the quippy reasons, I'm sure. The glib, hyperbolic, hollow, or snarky answers that people give when they are asked why they write. Because I've got a story burning inside, they might say. Or because I might be good at it someday. Because I want to change the world. Because I can't not write. These things are all...

In this third Fiction River Special Edition, award-winning editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch proves a master of intrigue with a wide variety of spy stories. Ranging in tone from satire to serious, from touching to brutal, from light to oh-so-very-dark, these fifteen stories illuminate the secret world of espionage. Despite their different tones, different cultures, even different time periods, these diverse...